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JUSTIFIED

/ˈd͡ʒʌstɪfaɪd/9 letters

Definition of JUSTIFIED

adjective

Having a justification.

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Word DNA

How it is built

adjective3 syllables

The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

JUSTIFIED in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 15 boards so far. 92 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 156
Its 15 boards, across 156 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
15
Boards found on
27
First board
129
Latest board
26
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 27, 16 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 129, 26 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 27 days.

First ever to find it

newyorkbadger

on Day 27, 16 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

JUSTIFIED
9
Letters
4
Vowels
5
Consonants
8
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

JUSTIFIED starts with J and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read DEFIIJSTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once. It uses J - among the least common letters in written English.

Words that start JUSTIF

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

JUSTIFYJUSTIFIERJUSTIFIESJUSTIFIERSJUSTIFYINGJUSTIFIABLEJUSTIFIABLYJUSTIFICATIONJUSTIFICATIVEJUSTIFICATORYJUSTIFIABILITYJUSTIFICATIONS

Could you have found JUSTIFIED?

OUTLIER is a daily word game. One grid, the same grid for everybody, and the words nobody else spots are the ones that pay. This word was on Day 27 - and most players walked straight past it.

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